Night Is Coming--Sept. 4, 2014

[From Sept. 6, 2012 archive]

When a few years have come

I shall go the way from

which I shall not return.

While it is day I must work the works

you sent me to do; night is coming,

when no one can work.

Be gracious to me, redeem me;

so I may walk with integrity,

not on paths made crooked

through deceit and villainy,

but on your straight paths.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130

Job 16:16-22; 17:1, 13-16

Acts 13:1-12

John 9:1-17

Selected Verses

Ps. 26:10

But as for me, I walk in my integrity;
          redeem me, and be gracious to me.

Job 16:22

"…For when a few years have come, I shall go the way from which I shall not return.  …"  [Job to Eliphaz and his other two "friends"]

Acts 13:9

But Saul, also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at [the magician Elymas] and said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?  …"

John 9:4

"…We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work.  …"  [Jesus to his disciples]